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ACh Ishtar 28 (K 2894) (P394729)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Ishtar 28 (K 2894) |
|---|---|
| ID | P394729 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 3' | (means): Jupiter... is bright. |
| reverse 11 | ... the prince will die, the Great Twins will smite |
| reverse 12 | ... a star is set and a meteor flashes: attack of the enemy. |
| obverse 19' | On a day it is seen in front of a lunar halo and |
| obverse 18' | If the Bow reaches its front: |
| reverse 17 | 7 days 14 days 21 days elapsed and the flood will not take place.... |
| reverse 13 | ... a slander,..., |
| reverse 14 | If the Pleiades stand in front of ama and are good for ama and are scattered. |
| reverse 15 | If Mars becomes stationary and is good: he will die. |
| obverse 20' | If the Arrow is red: the land will eat food. |
| obverse 15' | If the Old Man is surrounded by a halo of stars: the Moon is surrounded by a halo. |
| obverse 4' | If the Scorpion reaches Lisi: the stars of the head of the Scorpion will be scattered. |
| reverse 19 | If the stars are not present in the sky: the land will raise its share.... |
| obverse 22' | the Arrow and the Eagle appear together |
| reverse 3 | ... Anuni... Mars in it |
| reverse 9 | ... red... awe-inspiring brilliance of the people...... |
| reverse 1 | If a planet becomes visible to the sun: he will see the day. |
| obverse 17' | its stars are dark. |
| obverse 6' | If the Scorpion's horns are dark: attack of the enemy. |
| reverse 21 | If a star reaches the sun: good....... |
| obverse 8' | If the Field - all day - stands (there) when the sun sets and is not seen in a black spot: the king will die. |
| obverse 11' | : he will see and his days will end and in the second month he will not see.... |
| obverse 2' | If the Scorpion's face... towards the body of.... |
| reverse 2 | If a fish eats it for a fish:... the stars of the tail.... |
| obverse 24' | If the ewe goes |
| reverse 7 | ... the Swallow stands. : The Fish or Anunitu |
| reverse 18 | If the Moon is surrounded by a rainbow: the sun will die. |
| obverse 13' | (If) Mercury becomes visible and he does not see it. |
| obverse 12' | If the Snake is seen and is seen: he will die. |
| obverse 7' | : a planet stands inside the Scales. |
| obverse 10' | (means) : Mercury becomes visible and it does not return and it does not appear in two days. |
| reverse 10 | ... there will be a severe... in the land. Because you do not know... |
| reverse 4 | ............ 2 stars... their tails... |
| obverse 23' | If the Yoke reaches the east: its appearance. |
| obverse 5' | : Lisi swore, and |
| reverse 16 | 7 days 14 days 21 days of Bibbu |
| obverse 9' | (If) they are swollen (and) they are covered in sick plants: he will recover. |
| obverse 14' | (If) his star is like a kararû-plant: he will not see it. |
| obverse 21' | If in Duuzu the Arrow, the Eagle reaches the sesame: he will recover. |
| reverse 6 | Mars or a planet or Jupiter stand inside Anunitu. |
| obverse 1' | If the Elam star in the morning in....... |
| reverse 8 | The Swallow rises and |
| reverse 20 | (If) Mercury, when it is not visible in a month, when it is eclipsed in a month, |
| obverse 16' | If the Old Man is surrounded by a halo of its stars: there will be a harvest in that year. |
| reverse 5 | If a fish makes a nest, fish and birds... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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